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Post by daveh on Aug 23, 2010 19:29:28 GMT -5
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Post by Doug T. on Aug 23, 2010 21:12:08 GMT -5
Dave, I visited Paris in the mid to late 80's and had a great time! I can still remember laying on the grass in the park at the base of the Tower. A wonderful time in my life, but as to the last shot, were you peeking up out of a manhole or had you just got run over by a car Doug
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Post by daveh on Aug 24, 2010 3:14:05 GMT -5
Doug,
I was just in the middle of the road. I did wait till there was a bit of a gap in the traffic.
Dave.
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Post by photax on Aug 24, 2010 12:50:47 GMT -5
Hi Doug ! I visited Paris in the late 1990`s by car. The worst traffic and the most insane roundabouts I`ve ever seen, came home with one side mirror missing. But I never forgett the view from the Eiffel Tower MIK
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Post by photax on Aug 24, 2010 14:03:26 GMT -5
Here is my impression of the Eiffel Tower, taken with a Pentax Spotmatic MIK
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Post by PeterW on Aug 24, 2010 18:14:17 GMT -5
Hi Dave, Very effective pictures of the tower. I've been to Paris quite a number times but I was usually so busy working I had no time to wander around taking pictures. I agree with Mik that most drivers in Paris are insane. Far worse than driving in London. But one afternoon in the 1960s I found myself at a loose end and together with a photographer, another Peter, wandered round Paris looking for pictures. I took one "general" shot, looking up the Champs Elysees towards the Arc de Triomphe, but mostly I looked for my favourite subjects - people. Unfortunately it began to rain, hard, after about half an hour so we called it a day and went for coffee. Here are some of the shots I took, on FP4 in a Zorki C with standard Industar lens. Exposure was by guesstimation. Looking up the Champs Elysees towards the Arc de Triomphe. This elderly couple were sitting on the base of the Arc looking intensely up at the sky. By the time I had taken this picture whatever they were looking at had disappeared. Two ladies seem to be at odds with a Gendarme, a war veteran judging by his medal ribbons and empty lower sleeve. This is "the other Peter", photographer Peter Cramer, winner of several press awards. He normally worked for Autocar and Flight International magazines, though he did come with me behind the Iron Curtain into eastern Europe on one occasion. Here he seems more interested in watching a petite Parisienne than in taking pictures. Note that pro photographers in the 1960s normally wore a suit, not a colourful shirt and jeans. Comments welcome. PeterW
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Post by daveh on Aug 24, 2010 18:29:28 GMT -5
Wonderful, Peter. Black and white photos done well are always a delight.
The dress of the lady, sitting at the base of the Arc, almost looks as though it is in colour. Have you tried colouring the couple in on photoshop? I am sure it would look good - but I'm not sure it would look better than the original.
I did have black and white photos from 1968 (can't find them). I had done a street level shot then looking to the Arc de Triomphe with cars whistling both sides of me. With hindsight perhaps a bit too risky, hence the more recent photo with a bit more clear air.
I like the opposing views of MIK's and mine too - his the base is huge and the top small - mine the other way round.
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Post by daveh on Aug 24, 2010 18:39:41 GMT -5
Whoops sent it off before intended.
Guesstimation: it is rather like our ability to look for water. An Aboriginal Australian can find a drop from a hundred miles away because he, or she, knows what to look for. As metering has got more "accurate" we pay less and less attention to what exposure is actually needed and we lose the skill.
I'm glad I put my photos up otherwise I might not have seen yours and MIK's.
Dave.
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Post by colray on Feb 20, 2011 4:36:08 GMT -5
A really great series .. must be vertigo ... that revolving sensation looking down from the tower...
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 22, 2015 21:58:54 GMT -5
I recently won an auction for some 1940's chromes of Paris. It is mostly red now. Then I remembered I took a photo from a similar vantage point on Kodak Gold 100 so I cropped the 4X5 to more closely match mine. Different cars, busier street and street lamps are different . . .
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Post by philbirch on Feb 23, 2015 19:36:02 GMT -5
The dress of the lady, sitting at the base of the Arc, almost looks as though it is in colour. I thought it was just me aand my silly imagination... great pics. I'd love to visit Paris. But I tend to stay away from capital cities If I can.
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Post by Stephen on Feb 24, 2015 8:11:12 GMT -5
My apologies if your good with Photoshop etc., but for reference for others, it is possible to rescue such shots, this only took a few minutes, with extra work it could be improved more....and it must be 1955 onwards as there is a Citroen Pallas in front of the van......... Stephen.
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 24, 2015 9:54:37 GMT -5
My apologies if your good with Photoshop etc., but for reference for others, it is possible to rescue such shots, this only took a few minutes, with extra work it could be improved more....and it must be 1955 onwards as there is a Citroen Pallas in front of the van......... Stephen. Thanks for identifying the year based on the Citroen Pallas as I depended on the the auction information which we all know is reliable . . . Just to be sure, I wanted to represent the current color of the chrome as a personal preference. Although I did in fact correct the color of my own and did not share it here, I do not have a problem with you doing so. However, my concern is that you did not keep the EXIF info of my originally posted image which included my copyright info. No big deal but something for you to keep in mind in the future.
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Post by Stephen on Feb 24, 2015 12:12:45 GMT -5
I don't know why the exif file is blank, it is not set to remove in my graphic programs and is on my copy, which I have already deleted. I wonder if photobucket have a setting to remove, or they affect the file in some way.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2015 13:25:55 GMT -5
Visited Paris in 2007. Drank a bunch of wine one evening and went to a park across the river from the Eiffel tower to shoot some pictures after dark. Tripped on the edging that kept the grass from growing out on the sidewalk. Had my Nikon d100 in my right hand. Stuck my elbow out to break my fall to protect the camera, which jammed the upper part of my arm up into my rotator cuff. It was three years before I could reach back behind my right shoulder without excruciating pain. But the camera was OK!!
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